Haystack-cover



w. SAND BERG. HAYSTACK COVER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, I918.

amoautoz Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I ISAAC W. SANDIBERG, OF ASHTON, NEBRASKA; EMELIN SANDBERG EXECUTRIX OF SAID ISAAC W. SANDBERG, DECEASED.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 17, 192() Application filed September 12, 1918. Serial No. 253,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Isaac W. SANDBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashton, in the county of Sherman, State. of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Haystack-Cover; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved hay stack cover, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a sectionalhay stack cover which may fit any size or height of stack.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a sectional stack cover, the sections being overlapped, in order to shed the rain and the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of improved coupling means between the cover sections, to hold them in overlapped positions, and whereby any number of sections may be added.

A further object of the invention 18 to provide a coupling device between the sections consisting of an elongated plate bent to form a hook at one end, and an upstanding part at the other end provided with an eye to engage the hook of an adjacent fastener, and a further object is to provide a hook or fastener having hooks at both ends.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hay stack cover constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1.

' Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the sections or boards forming the cover.

Referring more especially to the drawings, the cover comprises a plurality of sections, a central top section 1, and two series of side sections 2. These sections are in the form of elongated boards or metallic strips, are arranged to overlap. The top section 1 adjacent its ends is provided with trans-' versely arranged metal strips or straps 3,

which are secured by bolts or rivets or the like 4; to the top section. The ends of the str p. or strap 3 are rolled upon themselves, and bent upwardly to form hooks 5. Se cured to the ends of each of the sections 2 by means of bolts or rivets 6 are transversely arranged metal strips or straps 7 One end of the strip or strap 7 is rolled upon itself and bent to form a hook 8. The other end of the strip 7 is bent upon itself as at 9, 10 and 11 to provide an outwardly protruding projection 12 provided with an aperture or opening 13. Beyond the projection 12 the strip or strap is bent at 14 and 15 to form a hook 16 to engage one edge of the section 2, as shown in the drawings, particularly Figs. 2 and 8. The portion of the strip between the bends 11 and 11 is partly countersunk in a recess 17 Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it is to be noted that the central top section 1 is arranged on the top of the stack and extending consecutively from the pposite edges of the central section 1 so as to overlap each other are the sections 2. The sections 2 immediately adjacent the central section 1 underlie the opposite edge portions of the section 1 and the projections 12 of the strips 7 engage the hooks 5, and consecutively, the projections 12 of the strips 7 of the other sections 2 engage the hooks 8, thereby providing a covering for the hay stack, such as indicated at 18. Suitable weights 19 are suspended by means of cords or wires 20 from the hooks of the strips of the lowermost side sections 2, in order to hold the stack cover in place. By means of the overlapping arrangement of the sections water sheds from the center toward opposite sides of the stack. By means of the strip engaging the recess 17, displacement of the strip is prevented, since each strip 7 is secured to the section by means of a single bolt or rivet.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a stack cover, a plurality of elongated sections overlapping each other, and metal straps carried by the sections adjacent their ends and provided with hook and projection coupling connections.

2. In a hay stack cover, a plurality of elongated sections overlapping each other, strips secured to the ends of each section, one end of each strip having a hook, the

otherend er Been esp having a projection provided With an aperture to receive the hook-of a-nadjacent strip: 7 v

3. In combination With a sectional cover to envelop a stackor the like, of a central.

topsection provided with strips adjacent both ends, each of said strips being trans verse of the section and having hooks at its 'ends, consecutively arranged overlapping tutti-rial edges 6f the t'dpsection Having strips provided With apertured projections engaging the hooks oftjhe strips of the top 15 section, and Weight means suspended from the lowermost side sections.

testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. g

ISAAC W. SANDBERG. Witnesses; r 

